'A winding and wonderful epic story about the earth we inherit' Västerbottens-Kuriren

'An unrivalled storyteller' L'Alsace

An old soldier carves a croft out of the Finnish forest and calls it home, but try as he might to tame the land, its magic endures. For centuries his descendants will work the farm, their fates entangled with the rhythms of the ancient wilderness, where mysterious shapes flit between the trees and danger lurks in the treacherous fen...

Like dragonflies darting over the marsh, their lives glimmer briefly and then are gone. But through war, famine and heartbreak, what endures is the wild, and the certainty that wherever we put down roots, the land will grow roots in us too.

"As beautiful as a jewel and as rich as a forest" - Åbo Underrättelser newspaper

"An unforgettable portrait of Finland through the centuries" - Le Monde des Livres

"An unrivalled storyteller... A wonderful lyrical novel following multiple generations from the seventeenth century to the present day" - L’Alsace

"Turtschaninoff has a wonderful skill of building unique characters, even if they appear for only one chapter in the book... Tangled Roots is a beautiful and thought-provoking novel" - Thank You for the Book Awards jury

"Beautiful... an immersive reading experience guaranteed" - Le Matin Dimanche

"The power of nature - and its sacred dimension - are richly evoked in the author's simple, luminous prose" - Libération

"A winding and wonderful epic story about the earth we inherit" - Västerbottens-Kuriren